₪ Limbree

[Kesmi]

Trouble in the Air
Words: 994

Limbree had heard the place abuzz with news that the Zeppelins were ready to launch, this was days ago. She had insisted to her parents that she was going to be on one of those to make the maiden voyage across the skies. She wanted to see these other lands that everyone was talking about. The problem was getting on, surely you had to be good at something, right. She was good at making things work? Well that didn't seem like the best of things to say when signing up for a Zeppelin ride.

'So how did you make it on?' asked one of the other passengers, they had come to stand beside Limbree as she looked out the window.

"I'm good with tinkering and maintaining things. I've been keeping an eye on things." But she was taking a slight break to see where they were.

In truth she wished they were there already, in this Tendaji place. It sounded like a dream. New lands and people, she had to wonder if there were people there to begin with. Were there creations like her own home? There were many questions that rattled around in Limbree's head that she didn't know where she would start. Turning away from the window, the Geian female walked back towards the contraption that kept them afloat. Everything was in working order and the pressure was staying constant, these were good signs.

Well it was until one started to raise, frowning Limbree tweaked one of the pressure valves to try and release the steam. Only thing was, it wasn't going down the way she liked. Brows furrowing, the Geian turned the valve a little more before grabbing a hold of the closest took and whacked it against the pipe. With a sudden rush of steam and heat and bits of soot, the pressure went down and things seemed to go back to normal. Well, that was one way of doing things... Limbree only hoped that it didn't damage anything important.

"At least that disaster was averted." Limbree muttered to herself as she moved away before anyone came running to see what happened.

Cleaning her face with a rag, Limbree wandered back to where everyone else was, leaving the engines to those who really knew how they worked. She only new to whack things if they didn't want to function. Most times it worked, sometimes it didn't and left something damaged.. All for the best that she stayed away from the engines for now.

"Land sighted!" came the call that they had reached Tendaji.

Lifting her head, Limbree's heart started to beat faster, they had made it! Well her mind was on what was to happen, not on what had happened. Behind her the machine that she had whacked with the tool started to sputter. Before she could turn and head back, part of it blew outward, spewing flames and embers. The area around the machine caught fire and started to spread to the fuel stores.

CRAP! Limbree moved quickly trying to beat out the fire with a wet cloth, but it wouldn't help against the spread. Calling back to some others that were in the area, to help she found that it wasn't going to end well.

"This is not what I had wanted to happen!" Limbree growled to herself as she kept trying. "Everyone will kill me if they find out..."

As the flames spread around her, someone grabbed Limbree around the waist and tossed her back towards the ladder out of the engine room. A loud voice shouted at her to go up and tell the captain what happened and to ready everyone for a potential crash landing. She could only hope that the other ship fared better then this. Up she clambered as fast as she could, reaching the top she pushed through those hovering close to the hatch.

"Out of the way! Move!" Limbree shouted as she made her way towards the helm of the craft. "Captain, the engine blew out. Fire spreads." She huffed, eyes wide.

'Get everyone to the sides, try and get that fire out before it reaches the rafters. Prepare for a fast landing!' the captain barked, though his gave remained on her. 'How did this happen?' he demanded.

"I don't know, it was fine then BOOM. fire everywhere." Limbree tried to explain, but the captain had turned away and was barking orders to others as they neared the Sauti area.

Feeling she had been dismissed, Limbree moved away from the helm area and towards the rest of the gathering. She would blend in with the rest even if she was covered in soot and smudges. What else could have gone wrong? Their first voyage across the seas and she had messed it up... Perhaps she should have just stayed home in Belrea...

Land loomed ever closer as trees started to scratch the bottom of the zeppelin bottom. The snapping of branches echoed throughout as they descended quite more rapidly then wanted. They was not going to be good, were they going to be a smear on this new land? No, they would make it! They were a hardy kind of people. Turning away from the railing, Limbree headed towards the engine room. Most the fire had been safely smothered out, but there was still some coming from the machine itself.

"Can we smother that flame?" Limbree called down as she had her head down through the hatch. "It seems to be the source."

'No kidding, tell us something we don't know' came a chorus of angry voices the made her duck back.

Well they didn't have to be that rude about it. Frowning she moved away again. It was not her mess. It was not her mess, she repeated to herself in her mind. Trying to put her thoughts more on where they were to land, rather then then what had happened below, though the guilt was there and it stung.

 

[Kesmi]

What does this do!
Class Affinity(Sniper)
wc: 1108

"I can't believe that we actually had made it!" exclaimed Limbree as she freed herself from everyone, though still in the middle of the market where these strangers turned and looked at her. Blushing slightly though her dark skin covered it well, the Geian moved from stand to stand. Looking the items over, she spied swords, lances and many other weapons. Things were wondrous, did these people really craft these with their own hands? An itch started at the back of her brain, one that would never end until she could find a way to scratch at it. She had to learn to know.

"Hey, did you make these?" Limbree asked a dark haired Fire male, one who was pounding a rod of white hot iron flat.

The smith turned and looked at the petite Geian before turning around to continue his work. 'Yes, I purchase the metal and craft it into weapons and other items.' he answered sliding the iron back into the hot coals, using a foot bellows to flare the flames beneath. 'It is an art, Blacksmithing'

Limbree watched wide eyed as the Smith pulled another rod from the coals with a pair of tongs to strike it with a hammer. Sparks flew as the familiar clang rang out as the metal was beat into the shape he wanted. Moving along, Limbree sighted trinkets and jewelery. Stopping at a stall owned by a blue skinned woman, her golden eyes watched Limbree as she picked up a bracelet of beads and shells.

"Wow, these are lovely." Limbree looked the piece over. "How much is it?" she asked looking back at the woman.

'Three coins' the woman replied with a smile. 'You strangers are sure interesting. Do you have much of these back home?'

"Not as much, i haven't seen anything like these. I'll take three... If our coin is like yours." Limbree said unsure as she sug into the pouch at her lower back and pulled out line silver coins.

'Yes, these are similar to ours.' The shopkeeper nodded as she took the payment and Limbree picked out two more bracelets and tucked them away.

"Thank you." Limbree said as she moved away from the stand.

She wandered through more of the market, sampling foods from various vendors and stopping to watch people with swords duel each other for sport with blunted blades. Everything was so exciting here, it made Limbree's skin shiver. She wanted to learn everything from these lands, to travel them and meet its people. See the many sights, but she also wanted to get back home to tell her family about all this.

As she reached an open area of the market, targets were set up at one end of a long range, at the other people stood aiming bows. Limbree being in her own thoughts walked into the middle of the range as archers were shooting at the targets. She only stopped as something struck the ground at her feet, jumping nimbly to one side she froze and looked at the bolt that stuck in the ground.

'HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING! MOVE OFF THE SHOOTING RANGE!' came an angered voice of a tan skinned male who held his weapon at his shoulder. 'MOVE!'

Blinking, Limbree made for where she had come and headed towards the ones using the.. Range? Now this was curious, what were they using here? It wasn't like the pistols that the Lightning breed whielded. These were strange bow like contraptions. She had to get a closer look at these.

"Hey, may I have a look at what you are holding?" she asked the one who had shouted at her.

The Leaf male looked at Limbree crossly, he didn't seem like he was going to hand over his crossbow. He was already cross that his shots weren't exactly making it to where he wanted them. This day couldn't get any worse, right?

'Fine, just don't tamper with it.' He snapped holding the unloaded crossbow out to the Geian.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to anger you, I was caught up in everything here. Its quite different then home" limbree tried explaining, but was met by a grunt from the male. "This is a Crossbow right? Mind if I give it a try?"

The Leaf male looked at her as if she had just kicked him. He had half a mind to take his bow and leave. He wasn't exactly in the mood for talking to these strangers he knew nothing of. 'do you even know how to load it?' He asked as she was inspecting the bow over from one end to the other.

"Not really, we don't really use bows while farming. Unless you tend to live stock and have a pest problem." Limbree shrugged, "Sometimes we just have a Lightning come and shoot spells at them." It was as if she didn't really care about what they did back home, she wanted to know the now. "But if you could show me, that would be great."

With a sigh, the male took the crossbow back and pulled a thin shafted bolt from a shoulder quiver. 'Like this' he snapped slightly as he pulled the string back and clipped the bolt into place. 'Simple enough, really.'

Limbree watched as he strung the bow and slotted the bolt, that did seem simple, but time consumming. Frowning slightly, her brain starting to tick on how she could make that faster. It seemed that her staring aimlessly at the loaded bow was making the Leaf even the more upset.

"Do you mind if I take a shot with it?" Limbree asked quickly to try and not anger him further.

'Yes, I mind, I am sure that someone else here can let you shoot theirs. I'm headed elsewhere.' The man said as he removed the bolt from his bow and uncocked it. 'Just don't walk out into any other ranges.' he said as he pushed past, leaving everyone either staring at his back or still shooting.

Limbree only stood there blinking as he left. Not exactly the nicest of people, perhaps he just woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Shaking her head, Limbree also turned to leave the shooting range. She was in search of someone who sold crossbows, she wanted to get her hands on one. she could teach herself how to shoot one... Right? Or maybe a Lightning could help her, even if pistols were very different. But these Crossbows, were something she was wanting to tinker with, perhaps even perfect one that almost fires and redraws on its own.

Oh the ideas!